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The Ocean Beach Planning Board meets Wednesday night, December 2nd, at the OB Rec Center.
On the Board’s agenda is the latest on the OB Community Plan, the issue of short-term vacation rentals, as well as the issue of the planned installation of surveillance cameras at the beach.
Here is the official agenda:
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April 24, 2024 at 5:55 pm on ‘Hey You! Get Up! We’ve Outlawed Sleeping in Public!’Not making false pipedream promises would be a start. I wish I could locate that press release from Todd Gloria as a councilmember where he... April 24, 2024 at 5:53 pm on ‘Hey You! Get Up! We’ve Outlawed Sleeping in Public!’Sure. And vary widely based on zoning as well. I just checked two recently sold homes in Mira Mesa, and what they were reassessed at.... April 24, 2024 at 5:38 pm on Planning Groups Forced to Pay New $1,000 Fee to Appeal Projects Stifles Community DemocracyI know one of the appeals from 2022(?) was on the Inn at Sunset cliffs, and the appeal prevailed at city council. It was not...
April 24, 2024 at 5:03 pm on Planning Groups Forced to Pay New $1,000 Fee to Appeal Projects Stifles Community DemocracyThis is great info. Last week at the PBPB meeting their planner was talking about the new $1000 appeal charge and why the city thinks...
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April 24, 2024 at 3:34 pm on ‘Hey You! Get Up! We’ve Outlawed Sleeping in Public!’Exactly, land gets more expensive the closer to the coast generally speaking. The same standard doesn't apply everywhere. 
April 24, 2024 at 3:32 pm on Students at PLNU Are Angry With Administration For Disrespecting Gay Community and Chilling Free SpeechParents spend so much $$$ to send their kids to PLNU because they weren't accepted elsewhere. 
April 24, 2024 at 3:10 pm on Planning Groups Forced to Pay New $1,000 Fee to Appeal Projects Stifles Community DemocracyI agree, these are land use issues heard at community planning meetings, by volunteers. There is a $500 stipend offered by the City for the... April 24, 2024 at 3:02 pm on City Council Committee Sides With Upstart Planning Group in Uptown and With Existing Group in La JollaThis whole process is trash. Some goons at the planning dept wasted a whole lot of community members' time on this farce. The city made... April 24, 2024 at 2:22 pm on ‘Hey You! Get Up! We’ve Outlawed Sleeping in Public!’Assessed value can be far from the true value unless you just purchased it. The land value of my property in OB is over 85%...
April 24, 2024 at 11:35 am on Students at PLNU Are Angry With Administration For Disrespecting Gay Community and Chilling Free SpeechBut isn't that why the parents pay so much $$$ for this education? So their little darlings can be protected from the 'evils' of the... April 24, 2024 at 10:23 am on ‘Hey You! Get Up! We’ve Outlawed Sleeping in Public!’I looked at Zillow for a typical home in Claremont. House is 1200 square feet and the price is $1 million. 1200 time $250 =...
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Community Members
I look forward to attending the meeting and answer questions from the board and the public regarding the camera system.
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Officer David Surwilo
Community Relations Officer
SDPD Western Division
My first meeting of the planning board. Do they often resort to their most objectionable tool so quickly? Do they regularly throw out journalists? Democracy, in its reality, took a bit of a beating tonight and a community meeting, run with firm hands, lost its sense of community.
I am not sure about the cameras. In five years of caring for the cliffs from Newport to the SC Coves (along with several other people) I have seen more crime and have been confronted by aggressive youths more than any other time in my old guy life. Because I have lived in some sketchy places, I tend to dish crap back and carry on. In addition, I am concerned the cameras will force more travelers further south along the cliffs, adding to the issues we have in that stretch of beauty. The poop, trash, butts and damage to the sand stone is already a huge problem.
Re: SDPD, they have responded to every call or direct contact I have made concerning travelers setting up household in the coves. I am a, very impressed, not a cop guy, guy. Does that make sense?
That is a good point that people that might not want to be under cameras will move south. I know that when they put the alcohol ban in place at the beaches a lot of that element moved south.